Cornell Symphony Orchestra

Welcome to the homepage of the Cornell Symphony Orchestra!

This website aims to keep the Cornell and Ithaca
communities up-to-date with all symphony-related
information. Additionally, this website serves as the course
website for MUSIC 3621, the academic courses for Cornell
students participating in the orchestra.

News Highlights

CSO CD now available!

Performance highlights from past seasons available now on
CD! Visit the media
page to see the track listing and print your order
form.

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Symphony News & Announcements

New orchestra website for CSO and CCO

We have a new website design which also has all the
audition info and concert information for the 2014-2015
season. Here is a link to both CSO and CCO websites;NEW CSO website
and NEW CCO
website

Jun 30

Meet our Assistant conductor for 13-14 season

We welcome Loren Loiacono who will work with CSO and CCO
for both fall and spring semesters. Here is a link to her
website.

Jun 29

Meet our Associate conductor for 13-14 season

We welcome James Spinazzola who will work with CSO for
both fall and spring semesters. Here is a link to his bio.
Mayfest
website bio

Jun 28

Fall 2013 Audition info is now live, including audition
excerpts

Complete the audition form online in order to be assigned
an audition time. All new and old members must audition
for a spot in one of the two Cornell orchestras. Link
to the audition info page

Jun 6

Meet our Assistant conductor for 12-13 season

We welcome Niccolo D. Athens who will work with CSO for
both fall and spring semesters. Here is a link to his website. He has
recently been awarded a Charles Ives Scholarship by the
American Academy of Arts and Letters. Link
to the news

Jun 5

Andrew Lucia's live visuals from May 6

Thanks to Andrew for putting up this live visuals for Taylan
Cihan's "An" from the May 6th concert. youtube
link.

May 6

Final concert of the season will be webcast

Our final concert of the 11-12 season will be streamed
via Cornell cast.
Here is a
link to the web cast. This link is only
available on May 6, 2012.

Apr 25

Jesse Jones wins Rome Prize Competition

Jesse Jones who wrote "Focus" for the Cornell Symphony
Orchestra for our March concert, is one of 30 winners of the
116th annual Rome Prize Competition held by the American
Academy in Rome. Here
is a link to the news.

Jan 18

Ireland Tour, January 2012

Alumni News

On August 13, Hannah de Kleer (2011 - Viola) married
Stephen Brown, a 2011 graduate of Cornell Law School.
They now live together in Savannah, GA, where Hannah is
a 9th grade math teacher at Woodville-Tompkins Career
& Technical Hish School and Stephen is an associate
at Bouhan, Williams & Levy.

The CSO is proud of all our alumni, and we invite them
to keep in contact and submit stories about all the
amazing things they've been up to since leaving the
hill!

Aug 23

Rehearsal and Concert Calendar

For your convenience, the Symphony Orchestra's
rehearsal and concert schedule has been uploaded as a Google
Calendar! Please bookmark the link to that
calendar, or check often at the rehearsals page to
keep informed of practices and events.

June 20

New Audition Information Posted

Preliminary information concerning audtions for the
Fall 2011 semester have been posted on the auditions page.
All new and returning members must re-audition, so
please take a moment to sign-up now!

June 9

Orchestras Awarded ASCAP "Adventurous Programming"
Award

The American Society of Composers, Authors, and
Publishers and the League of American Orchestras awarded
the Cornell Orchestras and their director, Chris Kim, an
award in "Adventurous Programming" at a conference in
Minneapolis this month. This marks the fourth year in a
row that the Cornell Orchestras have received this
award, which is given out to "...[insure] that concert
music in America remains relevant, vibrant, and alive."
Congratulations to Chris and the Cornell musicians who
performed innovative music this past year!

Leon Fleisher holds Beethoven Concerto Project at
Cornell

The distinguished American conductor and pianist, Leon
Fleisher, will rehearse and conduct the 5 Beethoven
Piano concertos this week with the Cornell University
and Ithaca College Orchestras as part of the Cornell
Concert Series. The five pieces will be performed over
two concerts scheduled for Saturday,
May 7 and Sunday,
May 8.. Tickets for both concerts are available
for purchase online
or at the door. Performing with Leon Fleisher and the
Cornell and Ithaca orchestras will be Cornell faculty
members Miri Yampolsky and Xak Bjerken, Cornell students
Stefania Neonato (D.M.A.) and Daniel Anastasio (Senior),
and Spanish pianist Claudio Martinez-Mehner.